Retail Sales Associate applicants have rated the interview process at John Lewis & Partners with 2.5 out of 5 (where 5 is the highest level of difficulty) and assessed their interview experience as 88% positive. To compare, the company-average is 72.2% positive. This is according to Glassdoor user ratings.
Candidates applying for Retail Sales Associate roles take an average of 8 days to get hired, when considering 16 user submitted interviews for this role. To compare, the hiring process at John Lewis & Partners overall takes an average of 21 days.
Common stages of the interview process at John Lewis & Partners as a Retail Sales Associate according to 16 Glassdoor interviews include:
Group panel interview: 21%
One on one interview: 18%
Presentation: 18%
Personality test: 11%
Skills test: 11%
IQ intelligence test: 7%
Drug test: 7%
Background check: 4%
Phone interview: 4%
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I applied online. The process took 1 week. I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Oxford, England) in Aug 2025
Interview
Had to pass online interview assessment and then was chosen to call in for group assessment with some people out of which had one to one interview mostly ask about availability
hard as we had to give an in person interview and then they asked us lots of questions and then they made us do a practical assesment and then they made us come into the store.
I interviewed at John Lewis & Partners (Glasgow, Scotland)
Interview
Interview was in person and another person. Made to feel at ease and had the opportunity to ask questions myself and they were answered and the discussion went well. I enjoyed it